Server upgrade pizza and beer party for the team? Pizza and beer on their own dime, of course. (that was a bad joke, nothing more)Originally Posted by Lolindir
Well, staff also work in the week, so i guess this was the best time to do it.
The lag have become worse, so new hardware is most welcome
Out of curiosity, what are the specs on the server? Just wonderin if we're allowed to see, and I didn't find anything poking around the forums.
Heinz Guderian
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Knights of Mors Astralis [AMOK]
Ahazi
To me, at least 24 hours downtime is a good thing. Imagine what all could get done. Time to spend the weekend right, anyway. Hello sunshine!
"That guy just took my spawn and now they are afking. No Jedi? Can anyone else not log in?"
We don't want to hear it...
Finally glad I work weekends for once.
Good news on the SSD's. Look forward to seeing how much they help the lag issues which we were all adapting to, lol. "Combat can restart in 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 go!"
Good work from all the team, it's appreciated how much you put into this./hi5
*Staggers off to find some real life to occupy her time...*
They have posted the specs of the servers here in the past. They are very open about these things. I doubt they will reply today as they are busy withthe repairs but I know the specs are in recent forum posts that only go back a couple weeks.
I'll try to review my subscriptions and see if I get lucky to find one of those links for you.
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What is this thing called "sunshine"? Is that what you get when you step outside? Haha!
On a side note, I know information on the server hardware is posted somewhere, but have the devs considered doing a raid setup on their SSD's? Also, heads up this past week on newegg.com they had the Vertex3 240gb SSD's for under $120
Dev's have jobs and lives too. Weekends might be the only time for them to get this patch done. Unfortunate I know, but that's life.
40K>Starwars. Deal with it nerds.
Anyone who complains about this should get and automatic /kicktothegroin and a /punchintheface. I don't care when it goes down, as it should be a known fact that the Dev's do have RL priorities as well. I'm grateful that they are even taking time out of their weekend to do this, when they could be spending time doing something around their house, like fix those leaks up stairs or water their lawn before it completely dies. Oh wait, that's what I have to do....
But first, time to hit that donate button again.
great news ! thanks for the updates ! see you all in 23 hours ( thats when ill start trying to log back in :P )
This is great news, guys. Thanks for keeping us posted and thanks for the good investment. May your work be smooth
You definately dont want to use the garden variety SSD in this scenario. SSDs have a limited number of writes and they were probably reaching their limit, hince the rubberbanding on saves.What is this thing called "sunshine"? Is that what you get when you step outside? Haha!
On a side note, I know information on the server hardware is posted somewhere, but have the devs considered doing a raid setup on their SSD's? Also, heads up this past week on newegg.com they had the Vertex3 240gb SSD's for under $120
I am thinking that the Devs are installing nice new Industrial Strength SSDs that can handle significantly more writes but also come at a price much greater than $120.
Like you, Drogomoss, I am facinately by this thing called sunshine. I must go investigate, though perhaps a shower first might be in order
Last edited by mrbenson; 07-14-2012 at 01:45 PM.
What's an SSD? :P Sounds like something I need to go get a shot for!
Looks like a little bit of time to catch up on sleep. Thank you for the updates!
Oh noes!!!! What am I going to do??? I was not prepared for this!!! 24 hours!!!! Really?
Time to do some shopping anyways.
Mael D'Blo
Everything is going as I have foreseen and proceeding according to my desire!
Oh you silly Sith... SSD not STD! What a difference a letter can make. And no, condoms will not protect you from SSD crashes.
But incase this is a valid query as to the nature of SSDs
SSD - Solid State Drive http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ssd#Commercialization
And specifically from the wiki post
SSDs have no moving parts to fail mechanically. Each block of a flash-based SSD can only be erased (and therefore written) a limited number of times before it fails. The controllers manage this limitation so that drives can last for many years under normal use.[80][81][82][83][84] SSDs based on DRAM do not have a limited number of writes. Firmware bugs are currently a common cause for data loss.[citation needed
The controllers, I imigine were have to work really hard to manage the SSD storage because so many of the cells had reached their limit. Hince the rubber banding
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